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- Title
Motor vehicle crash versus accident: a change in terminology is necessary.
- Authors
Stewart, Alan E; Lord, Janice Harris
- Abstract
We assert that motor vehicle crash should replace motor vehicle accident in the clinical and research lexicon of traumatologists. Crash encompasses a wider range of potential causes for vehicular crashes than does the term accident. A majority of fatal crashes are caused by intoxicated, speeding, distracted, or careless drivers and, therefore, are not accidents. Most importantly, characterizing crashes as accidents, when a driver was intoxicated or negligent, may impede the recovery of crash victims by preventing them from assigning blame and working through the emotions related to their trauma.
- Publication
Journal of traumatic stress, 2002, Vol 15, Issue 4, p333
- ISSN
0894-9867
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1016260130224